Discovering The Enid
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Topic: Discovering The Enid
Posted By: Blacksword
Subject: Discovering The Enid
Date Posted: August 21 2004 at 05:28
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Recently I posted a thread trying to track down a specifc Enid song I heard years ago. With the help of you guys, the track was identified as 'Summer' from the album 'The Spell' Thanks for your help! On the whole I thought the album was ok, the big hi-lights for me being 'Summer' and the live version of 'Song of Fand' I prefer The Enid when they are being more 'rocky', making use of their guitarists and being less classically influenced. I get the impression much of their stuff is fairly symphonic, but is anyone able to reccomend an Enid album that is a little more 'rock'?? ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
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Posted By: Swinton MCR
Date Posted: August 21 2004 at 07:53
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The Enid are quintessentially symphonic, they never did an Album where the Guitar was more abundant than the synthesizer. Fand is one of my favorite pieces of music to chill out to. If you want more rock then Spocks beard worth giving an ear to. ------------- Play me my song, here it comes again |
Posted By: emdiar
Date Posted: August 21 2004 at 08:39
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On the album "the Stand", limited release, never in the shops, and free to all Stand members, of which I was one, is a live version of "Wild Thing", their famous encore performance. On the Album "the Stand, 2", likewise distributed, the great spoof prog metal track "665", which contains the immortal lines "The Discos in Heaven All shut at eleven And they only serve pop in the bars, sir, But I'll put you at ease with some good Lebanese, A blue film and two or three jars, sir." They also used to play "Pretty Vacant" by the Sex Pistols, as an encore, but I've never heard of a recording of it. "In The Region" has some great guitar work on it, check it out if you haven't heard it. There are in fact two versions of many of their early albums as they rerecorded a lot of stuff after a row in which EMI wouldn't give them the masters to albums which they had since deleated. Get the original if its guitar you're after. I own all versions of every album up to "The Seed and the Sower" and there's lots of good rock guitar hidden amongst the symphonics, believe me. ------------- Perception is truth, ergo opinion is fact. |
Posted By: emdiar
Date Posted: August 21 2004 at 18:05
http://photobucket.com/albums/v423/emdiar/?action=view¤t=248b5bbd.jpg"> ------------- Perception is truth, ergo opinion is fact. |
Posted By: emdiar
Date Posted: August 21 2004 at 18:11
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That's The Enid (Robert John Godfrey and Steven Stewart) and my good self, aged 17, Stonehenge festival, June 20th 1984. They played a blinding set that night sandwiched between two Hawkwind sets. ------------- Perception is truth, ergo opinion is fact. |
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: August 22 2004 at 09:00
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"In the Region..." is my all-time favourite Enid album... Shame I can't see your picture, EM, I'd like to see some photos of Stonehenge 1984, as I was there, but don't remember much about it...
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Posted By: emdiar
Date Posted: August 22 2004 at 09:27
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Can anyone see my picture, other than me? If not, What am I doing wrong? ------------- Perception is truth, ergo opinion is fact. |
Posted By: emdiar
Date Posted: August 22 2004 at 16:54
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Cert, can you see it now? ------------- Perception is truth, ergo opinion is fact. |
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: August 22 2004 at 17:11
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I can't see your picture - and every time I open up a thread that contains a picture you've posted, I get asked to sign into MSN Netherlands. Sorry if that reads like a bug report - but that's what I do for a living |
Posted By: emdiar
Date Posted: August 23 2004 at 00:10
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goddammit!
------------- Perception is truth, ergo opinion is fact. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: August 23 2004 at 05:46
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Thanks for the tips folks! I'll check out 'Region..' ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: emdiar
Date Posted: August 23 2004 at 17:32
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Cert, I think it's there now, but annoyingly it's shrunk. ------------- Perception is truth, ergo opinion is fact. |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: August 23 2004 at 17:38
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There is a "resize" button in photobucket. Click it and enlarge. I'm surious as to what yer holding, ormaybe I don't wanna know. |
emdiar wrote:
Posted By: emdiar
Date Posted: August 23 2004 at 17:42
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Thanks Danbo, but I only seem to be able to reduce the buggers. Any ideas? ps. as I recall I had just removed a fat spliff we'd been smoking from my mouth and was caught mid sweep. Ahh happy days...... ------------- Perception is truth, ergo opinion is fact. |